Improvement in car-couplings



l. W. YOUNG.

Gar-Couplings.

Kfntedlune 2,1874.

Winesses. Inventor.

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JOHN IV. YOUNG, OF MARSHALL, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,676, dated June 2, 1874; application filed March 17, 1874.

To all "whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN W. YOUNG, of Marshall, Calhoun county, Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Car-(Jouplings, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of car-couplings in which the usual coupling-pin is dispensed with.

The common link now in general-use enters the enlarged. or flaring mouth of the draw-head, which is made of cast-iron, and rectangular in form, having a casing on the top and sides, leaving suflicient opening between for the movement of the draw-bar. This bar has its outer end beveled in the form of a hook, with a recess made therein to receive and hold the link while in the act of couplin In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the coupling with one of the sides removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view in the line at .t, Fi 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

A represents the draw-head, made with a flaring mouth, rectangular in crosssection, and .of sufficient depth, so that when the drawbar B is pressed down by the uncoupling-pin p it will not protrude below the lower side of it. The inner end of the draw head I make solid, with sufficient room to insert the drawbar from the under side, and provide a recess, 0, to receive the end of the spring. Iform recesses f f and h h in the sides of the draw-head, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the formeeff, to allow oscillation of the link L, and the latter to receive the lugs j j, formed 011 the draw-bar B, for the purpose of causing it to move simultaneously with the draw-head. I also form a beveled rib, 1', across the inner and upper side of the draw-head, to force the link down in the recess in the draw-bar, and also to hold the link in position. An opening, 0, is left in the upper side of the draw-head to receive the end of the uncoupling-pin. To keep the draw-bar B in position within the drawhead, I employ a spring, S, fastened to the draw-head by clasps. The coupling itself is secured to the car in the usual manner, and is designed for ireight-cars or flat cars.

To obviate the dangerous practice of entering between the cars to couple or uncouple, I bolt the hand-lever II to the end of the car; and, to render it convenient for the brakemai'l to nncouple without descending to the ground, I bolt a foot-lever, I, near the brake-rod at the upper end of the car, as shown in Fig. 1, connecting the two levers H and I with a rod, R, provided with a few links at the lower end of said rod, so that in using the hand-lever it will necessitate moving the foot-lever. The inner end of the hand-lever is bent, as shown, and rests on a shoulder of the uncoupling pin 1), which pin is fastened to the car with staples. Near the outer end of the lever I bolt, to the end of the car, a guard-plate, G, which holds thelever in place. A notch in saidplate holds the lever up, to keep the cars from coupling, when so desired.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A continuous draw-bar, B, having a hookshapcd end, and recesses ff, projections j j, and the retaining-spring S, in combination with a draw-head, A, having a beveled rib, r, and recesses h h, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN IV. YOUNG.

Vitnesses:

W. H. MITcHnLL, GEO. W. RoBrNsoN. 

